Jolly Pumpkin was the second stop on our Michigan brewery tour. The building is a small dimly lit two story space. An average size bar with a little standing room sits in the middle of the restaurant for you to have a drink while you wait for a table. You can also give them your phone number and they will text you when it is ready. I thought this was pretty cool. We were able to walk around Ann Arbor a little as we waited for about 20 minutes. Enough about the location, on to the beer. Jolly pumpkin is known for their sour beers but I went in a different direction, smoked. The Jolly Pumpkin Lager is a fairly light beer when I comes to a craft brew, but is has a great color as you can see. Don’t mistake the light color for a lack of flavor because this beer packs in the flavor. From the first sniff you can smelled the smoked grains (take three short sniffs to get the full aroma of a beer, not one long one). Each sip tastes like a cool beer while sitting around the campfire. Honestly it’s like drinking a campfire. I personally love it and think if would pair well with some great BBQ food. However, it is an acquired taste and if you are not into smoked meats you will not enjoy this. Overall I love this beer. Smoked beers are pretty rare right now so I love to get them when I can. Also, many smoked beers just add a hint of the flavor, while Jolly pumpkin goes all in and punches you in the face with the smokiness. I hope you will give it a try. I would not sit back and down 10 of them, but this a great beer to go with some good food. More entries to come from the great brew tour.

Southern Tier has combined two of my favorite things. Beer and Creme Brulee. Let me say if you like a flavorful stout, you will love this. It is dark and before you even taste it you can smell that distinct Bruleed sugar smell. When you finally do get a sip of it, you taste the vanilla beans right away and it’s something I love. Now I did drink this after an off flavor (Bad) Beer tasting, so it may have tasted even better. However, I know I will continue drinking this where ever I can find it. Probably can only do one at a time though, it is definitely not drink all day on the beach kind of beer. I just wish I would have thought of this.http://www.stbcbeer.com/

Beer.

This section will included everything about beer. It may include beers I try at bars or buy at the store. It will also include our most recent homebrew beers and what I have on Tap in the basement.

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I grew up in the Detroit Suburbs and have always loved food
and cooking. I think it stems from my Grandparents
taking me on trips around the world and making me try new things. Now I live by the motto, “try everything
once, you may just like it.” I am by no means a chef or a writer. Just a guy who likes food and getting people
to try new things.